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English Questions: Cloze Test Set – 59

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Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has opted for caution, citing the uncertainty surrounding the future..(1)..of inflation and signs of an upside bias to expectations. In leaving interest rates unchanged while retaining an “accommodative” monetary policy, he has chosen to leave all options on the table and wait to see how various global and domestic..(2)..pan out. That the RBI has opted for watchfulness, notwithstanding the prospect of an “above normal” and well-distributed monsoon that has the..(3)..of being “a source of disinflationary pressure”, is..(4)..to the central bank’s concern about keeping inflation expectations well-anchored. Consumer price inflation posted a surprisingly rapid..(5)..to 5.39 per cent in April on the back of a more-than-seasonal jump in the prices of food items including vegetables, fruits, sugar, meat, fish, pulses and edible oils..(6).., international prices of commodities have started to..(7).., including that of crude oil; this has begun feeding through into higher transport and communication costs. The overall impact of these trends has been that the inflation expectations of households, projected three months..(8).., moved up marginally in May after the previous survey had shown a decline. And the elephant in the room is the..(9)..implementation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission’s recommendations: to what extent the increased payouts will fan inflation has yet to be..(10).., and will ultimately depend on the Centre’s timetable for implementation.

  1. 1) groove
    2) furrow
    3) figure
    4) trajectory
    5) frontier
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : trajectory

  2. 1) effects
    2) factors
    3) reviews
    4) causes
    5) similar
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : factors

  3. 1) bottleneck
    2) quantify
    3) potential
    4) eminent
    5) prestige
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : potential

  4. 1) testimony
    2) repudiation
    3) denial
    4) detest
    5) disallowance
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : testimony

  5. 1) dearth
    2) mitigate
    3) decreased
    4) demonstrate
    5) acceleration
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : acceleration

  6. 1) specially
    2) Separately
    3) difference
    4) causally
    5) generally
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : Separately

  7. 1) hurt
    2) provoke
    3) prominent
    4) strengthen
    5) break down
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : strengthen

  8. 1) gap
    2) after
    3) later
    4) before
    5) ahead
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : ahead

  9. 1) predicted
    2) past
    3) anticipated
    4) bygone
    5) distant
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : anticipated

  10. 1) quantified
    2) estimated
    3) consummate
    4) guess
    5) prohibition
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : quantified